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NPR Tiny Desk Concert: The Haden Triplets

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Justanotherhuman4/03/2014 4:25:51 am PDT

Imagine having to live on $100/mo—this is slave labor, anywhere in the world.

Scores fall sick in mass faintings at Cambodian factories

reuters.com

(Reuters) - Scores of garment workers have fallen sick this week at factories in Cambodia including two that produce clothing for sportswear giants Puma SE and Adidas, police and workers said on Thursday.

“A total of 118 employees passed out at work on Thursday at the Shen Zhou and Daqian Textile factories in Phnom Penh, police said, another blow for an industry fraught with disputes but critical to Cambodia’s fledgling economy.

“Puma and Adidas said they were investigating the faintings at the two factories and would respond soon.” More

For name brand shoes that cost a lot of money, someone is making huge profits of these folks. Not from me, though. The Filas I bought last month cost $25 and original MSRP was $80.